Green Bay committee denies ban on saggy pants

7:56 AM,
Jul. 16, 2013

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Charles Davis

GREEN BAY - During a racially-charged meeting, the city's Protection and Welfare Committee voted unanimously Monday evening to deny a city policy that would ban saggy pants.

Ald. David Boyce had proposed for the committee to discuss how the city should handle those wearing low-riding pants and exposed underwear, which he called offensive to older people. At one point while a black man spoke out against any new policy, Boyce, 64, seemed to automatically assume the man wore saggy pants and began questioning him about it.

"I felt that the proposal coming from the alderman would impact people ...